fixed holy days

Day of Strife:

Day of Strife: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. It is the day of strife for the children of Geb.

Jejunium Cereris:

Jejunium Cereris: Roman holy day. Also called Ieiunium Cereis or Fast of Ceres. A day of fasting. First celebrated in spring of 191 B.C.E. Originally celebrated only every four years.

Burning Times:

Burning Times: Elizabeth Goodman found guilty of Suspicious of Witchcraft at New Haven, New England (Conn.), on October 4, 1655. This was her third Witchcraft trial. She was to be released upon payment of 50 pounds security against her future good conduct, but because she was a beggar, she was unable to pay.

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This day on different world calendars.

Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) information

Season of Akhet (Inundation)
Month of Hator-abet
Day 18

Zoroastrian information
(Fasli calendar)

Month of Mihr (seventh month)
Day of Rashnu
Day 18

The day of Rashnu celebrates the Av. Rashnu, Yazad of Truth. Special prayers from the Khorda Avesta are recited in honor of the days spiritual being.

Activity for the day from the Counsels of Adhurbadh, Son of Mahraspand: (136) On the day of Rashnu life is gay: do, in holiness, anything you will. Adarbad Mahraspandan was a famous saint, high priest, and prime minister of Shapur II (309-379 C.E.).

The third week (eight days) of each Zoroastrian month celebrates moral qualities.

The Fasli, or seasonal, calendar is one of three Zoroastrian calendars still in use.

Celtic (ancient Druid) information

Ogham tree calendar

Gort (G)
Ivy Moon
Day 5

The Celtic calendar started out as a moon calendar, but was aligned with the solar year during antiquity. Robert Graves proposed the Celtic tree calendar described here. While widely used by Neo-Pagans, many critics dispute the authenticity. The Beth-Luis-Nion calendar (the one used here) starts with New Year on the Winter Solstice. The Beth-Luis-Faern calendar starts with New Year on Samhain.

Each Celtic tree month (or moon) is named for a Celtic Ogham letter (first line above) and a tree (second line above). All of the Celtic months also had additional folk names (folk names for this month listed below).

Asatru (ancient Norse) information

Month: Hunting

Roman information

a.d. IV Non. Oct.
4 days before the Nones of October
Month: October

The a.d. IV Non. designation means ante diem or four days before the Nones (First Quarter Moon) of the month. When counting days, the Romans included both the start and end day (in modern Western culture, we skip the start day). When the Romans switched to a solar calendar, they continued to use the lunar day names.

The Roman month of October is named for octo, because it was originally the eighth month of the Roman solar year October was sacred to Mars, Roman God of war.

The earliest Roman months were lunar. According to Roman mythology, the ten month solar calendar aligned to the vernal equinox was introduced by Romulus, the founder of Rome, around 753 BCE. In Romulus calendar, October (the eighth month) had 31 days. Numa Pompilius, the second of the seven traditional kings of Rome, added two more months, for a 12 month year. In Numas calendar, October had 31 days. Gaius Julius Caesar, as Pontifex Maximus (supreme bridge-builder, a religious title), reorganized the calendar on the first day of 45 BCE. In Caesars calendar (the Julian Calendar), October had 31 days. Caesars calendar was calculated by Sosigenes, an Egyptian astrologer/astronomer. In 8 BCE, Augustus Caesar fixed errors by pontiffs after Julius death and made other minor modifications, resulting in the modern Western calendar. The modern Gregorian Calendar, named for Roman Catholic Pope Gregory the Thirteenth, was a realignment in 1582.

numerology

Today totals 4 in modern Western numerology. See the article on four for more information.

lunar information 2010

Fourth Quarter in Leo:

Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Leo.

Void of Course:

Moon Void of Course: The moon is Void of Course (V/C) starting at 9:52 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 6:52 a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). The Moon is void of course from the last traditional aspect in a sign to the ingress into the next sign. Moon void of course is a time of distractions and miscommunications. Things started during Moon void of course tend to sputter and fail.

Moon enters Virgo:

Fourth Quarter in Virgo:

Fourth (Last) Quarter: The moon is in the fourth (4th) quarter (waning crescent) in Virgo.

Leo Rewarding: This day in 2010 is rewarding for those who are Sun sign Leo because the Moon is in your Sun sign.

Aquarius Challenging: This day in 2010 is challenging for those who are Sun sign Aquarius because the Moon is in the sign opposite your Sun sign.

astrological information 2010

Moon Opposite Neptune: The Moon is in opposition with Neptune at 9:52 a.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 6:52 a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Intuition cant be trusted. Wait to make decisions. Moon Void of Course (V/C). Perform magick and ritual before the Moon is void of course.

Moon Quincunx Uranus: The Moon is quincunx Uranus at 12:55 p.m. Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT) or 9:55 a.m. Pacific Daylight Savings Time (PDT). Sudden change in mood. Time to break-up old habits. Do not perform magick and ritual while the Moon is void of course.

Magick Color:

Ivory: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is ivory. You may want to burn an ivory candle or wear some ivory this day.

Magick Incense:

Hyssop: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is hyssop. You may want to burn hyssop incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you dont have or dont like hyssop.

holy days 2009

Sukkot:

Full Moon:

Full Moon: Wiccan holy day. Wiccan Esbat for the Full Moon. Known as the Blood Moon.

Day of Isis:

Day of Isis: Greco-Roman holy day. Full Moon worship of Isis (Aset in the original ancient Egyptian language). Worship of Isis spread throughout the Hellenic Empire and the later Roman Empire and beyond into Germanic, Norse, and Celtic lands, across the Middle East and Asia, and south through Africa.
The city of Paris is named for a great ancient temple to Isis (Per-Isis) and the Notre Dame Cathedral, built on the site, still has the original Isis altar with the myth of Isis and Osiris depicted. Until the 1700s the Notre Dame Cathedral still featured a prominent ancient statue of Isis (under the claim that it was the Black Madonna). Unfortunately a French Witch stormed into Notre Dame and demanded the return of the entire site and artwork, pointing out that the statue was actually of Isis rather than Mary. Horrified Roman Catholic priests smashed the statue into rubble. The fate of the French WItch is not recorded, but probably was death by torture.
The Day of Isis (each Full Moon) was celebrated with feasting, dancing, and singing. Along the Nile and in other locations near a river, lake, or other body of water, the celebrants would float small wooden or paper boats with lit candles in honor of Isis. In some places thousands of little boats would light up the water. Sometimes colored paper would be put around the candles to create dazzling colored light displays. Isis worshipers would put their hopes and dreams on scraps of paper on the boats, in the belief that Isis would grant these in the coming lunar month.

Poornima:

Poornima: Hindu holy day. The Full Moon Day that defines the Hindu lunar months unique qualities.

Magick Color:

Gold: The magick color for this day, based on planetary influences and the day of the week, is gold. You may want to burn a gold candle or wear some gold this day.

Magick Incense:

Catnip, Heliotrope, Marjoram: The magick incense for this day, based on planetary influences, is heliotrope. The magick incense for this day, based on the day of the week, is marjoram or catnip. You may want to burn catnip, heliotrope, or marjoram incense this day. You may substitute a similar incense if you dont have or dont like catnip, heliotrope, or marjoram.

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